Dell rockets to commanding lead in Education market
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Dell, the world's number one PC maker, also gets an "A" in the education market, with market share three times greater than its nearest rival. But dominant Dell still wants more. CEO Michael Dell says the company can still continue to grow in the education market, and will continue lowering prices to make that happen.
"Sure we can grow it," Dell said this week. "I think it's fair to say we're going to be growing faster than the market." According to International Data Corporation (IDC), Dell already controls 44 percent of the market for computers and related products in education. Its nearest rival, Apple Computer, owns 14 percent of the market. The remainder of the top five includes Hewlett-Packard (HP, 11.3 percent), Gateway (6.2 percent), and IBM (3.7 percent).